Sanders slams Trump for selling weapons to India, neglecting climate change

Trump announced that deals to sell state-of-the-art military helicopters and other equipment worth over $3 billion will be sealed with India on Tuesday

Current Affairs:Popularity based presidential leader Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday hammered President Donald Trump for offering weapons to India, saying that the US ought to rather cooperate with New Delhi to battle environmental change to spare the planet.

Sanders, who has won the Nevada and New Hampshire primaries and tied in Iowa, offered the remarks after Trump, who is on a two-day visit to India, on Monday declared that the US will sign safeguard exchange accords worth $3 billion with India.

In a location at an enormous “Namaste Trump” rally at Motera arena in Ahmedabad, Trump reported that arrangements to sell cutting edge military helicopters and other gear worth over $3 billion will be fixed with India on Tuesday.

Rather than selling $3 billion in weapons to improve Raytheon, Boeing and Lockheed, the United States ought to cooperate with India to battle environmental change, Sanders said in a tweet, the first by a Democratic presidential up-and-comer on Trump’s India visit.

We can cooperate to cut air contamination, make great sustainable power source occupations, and spare our planet, he said.

Be that as it may, a previous White House official protected the US’ choice to offer arms and weapons to India.

I’m pleased with my administration in the White House, in which we emptied tremendous vitality into developing atmosphere and green tech participation w/India… and furthermore propelling security collaboration and barrier deals. I’d prefer to figure both can be a piece of a solid, values-based association, Joshua White said.

As indicated by the US State Department, India assumes an essential job in the US vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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